Governance vacuum
The stalled 2020 Sinjar Agreement between Baghdad and Erbil has left a leadership void. Without a unified administration, Yazidi inclusion in decision-making remains minimal, and reconstruction is paralysed by political deadlock.
Status report — December 2025
Shingal: the ongoing struggle for recovery
Ten years after the 2014 genocide, the ancestral homeland of the Yazidi people remains a region of deep instability. Our students live in the heart of these unresolved political and economic challenges.
Fragile stability
Fragmented control among various armed groups and cross-border airstrikes create a climate of fear. This instability prevents families from feeling safe enough to return home, and forces young people to look for futures elsewhere.
Infrastructure crisis
An estimated 70–80% of homes and infrastructure remain destroyed. Basic services such as water, healthcare and education are insufficient, while agriculture — the local lifeline — is devastated by drought and war damage.
Demographic decline
While more than 100,000 Yazidis have returned, many did so involuntarily following camp closures. Uninhabitable conditions and a lack of jobs are driving a new wave of emigration, threatening the long-term cultural continuity of the region.
70–80%Homes destroyedstill not rebuilt
100,000+Yazidis returnedmany involuntarily
2020Sinjar Agreementstill unimplemented
Our response
Education is the bridge
While the political and security situation remains uncertain, we focus on the one thing that cannot be taken away. By providing English skills, we give Yazidi youth a tool to navigate this crisis and advocate for their own future.